Assistant District Attorney Stephen M. Dunshee and defense attorney Aaron A. Dean selected a jury Tuesday and presented their opening arguments on the case. Witnesses began testifying at 9 this morning.

Sturdevant was originally arrested following a phone call from what Police Chief Joseph Angelino described as an “alert and helpful neighbor.”

At approximately 2 p.m. on Nov. 20, 2007, a local resident reported seeing a suspicious young white male leaving a residence on Marshall Street, in the City of Norwich, who did not belong at the home. The citizen confronted the suspect and contacted police.